thesisthoughts

My second narrative / article has been accepted by the English in Australia  journal and should appear early in 2009. I do need to do some alterations and they need to be in by mid – January. Once they are are in I will be able to say that my thesis is well and truly done.

In the meantime I need to make some changes to my blog – it will be developing from an MEd thesis blog into a PhD blog and I will have pages devoted to the professional learning courses I am leading. The only problem is finding time for everything. Working full time at school and planning lectures doesn’t leave too much writing time. I am waiting for the Channukah holidays, only three weeks to go…

I am happy to write that one of the articles I wrote out of my thesis has been accepted by a journal that I value, English Teaching: Practice and Critique. My narrative is supposed to appear in the December issue.

I have been thinking about how texts change, develop and transform. I see the effort I put into writing my thesis having extra benefits. I am aware that texts are very much influenced by the context and the time of writing. As I revised the narrative I asked myself often whether I would be able to write the text now, 3-4 months after leaving the uni framework and the intensive writing environment I was in.  

I am still waiting for feedback on the my second narrative…